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Take Roger Federer’s forehand to the Golf Course and ace that weak slice.

If you are a Tennis fan then you may have noticed that Roger Federer has a rather punishing yet effortless looking forehand. Two of his power keys for this shot are leverage and rotation, which are words normally found missing in most amateurs swings.

Here is a great way to feel and promote the both in your golf swing!

1. Set up in a good posture (imagine that you Roger waiting to receive a serve) and grip a tennis racket in your right hand only. (for left handed golfers the opposite is true)

2. As your body turns at the start feel the angle increase in the back of your right wrist and producing a very set and loaded feel halfway back. Note that in the picture the racket has an on plane look with the right hand opposite the middle of chest.

3. To complete your backswing simply let your bigger muscles coil and wind up whilst maintaining your original body angles. The majority of amateur golfers would have their top of the backswing looking over swung and collapsed with the club across the line & the back of the right wrist almost bowed.

The old analogy of a waiter holding a tray of drinks is certainly another way to describe this look.

4. Coming down notice how all of the correct angles haven’t changed and so the shape of the downswing is tracking towards the ball on a very powerful and direct route.

5. Impact! The body has re rotated the racket face back to a square position. Rather than a slicer´s glancing blow with an open face the opposite is now true with a much fuller and direct strike.

6. Just let the right side of your body release to the finish… no nasty hanging back look here! Think of a Roger Federer crosscourt passing shot.

Get the most out of this drill by copying the positions first until you feel quite comfortable with them. I suggest that you should do this in front of a mirror or even record yourself with a camcorder because when making a change feedback is very important…remember that feel and real can be very different!

Motion! Get some fluidity going, remember that a good golf swing flows! The advantage with a tennis racket is that the strings really make a great sound through impact – if swung properly….now that you homework is done you should see that slice disappear!

Good luck.

Rock Solid putting stability!

It sounds simple and looks simple but not many golfers do it…Stay in the putt.

So many golfers including some professionals to a degree don’t stay in a stable putting impact, their bodies are up and out of the shot like they are putting with a bomb.There are 3 main factors. 1, To be able to maintain your speed and line of stroke your start position must be maintained, 2, The putter can be realeased against a fixed point (like a pendulum) 3, Correlation – staying in that position and watching the result of the putt will allow your brain to recognize and store the information and in so doing improving your feel and consistency.

Try this at home on the carpet rather than on the putting green unless you want to chased off the course by the green Keeper. The feel or the image is to have you bag placed against your left leg at set up whilst maintaining this up against a wall feel until the ball has stopped rolling/ gone into the hole. You may not hole every putt but your consistency will improve dramatically!

Feel the force!

The vast majority of golfers are guilty of approaching impact having lost their power too early along with their angle of attack - as in the photo below

Even though all of the worlds top players have their own slighty different styles Their look coming into the ball is very similar.

The use of a light saber gives a very clear image of how the power/ energy is kept stored up for a long time in the downswing. Note that in picture 1 that the light saber has stayed retracted (in) because the club is balanced vertically (when seen from down the line the club should be balanced on plane or with a diagonal look to the shaft). At the same point in time in most amateur swings the light saber would be out, fully extended and the power lost!

Impact!! – Now the power and all the energy is released into the ball. There is no scoopy look here, just a very solid extended look with the body on top of the ball.

Give youself 5 minutes infront of a mirror and make some slow motion practice swings copying the halfway position coming down along with the feel of releasing the click of the light saber at impact. Good luck and may the force be with you!